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Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineering

Reference #21311

Waterdown, ON

About the Role

This role is a supply chain professional that plays a central role in developing new suppliers, assessing supplier quality and ensures that products received are free of defects. The SQE is the liaison between our supply chain management team and suppliers to investigate, analyze and resolve supplier quality issues by conducting audits, analyzing trend defects and leading continuous improvement projects in an effort to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting Wescam’s requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Supplier Development and/or sourcing

• Understanding the requirements, work with Engineering and the Buyer to assess the technical capability and roadmap of the supplier

• Perform supplier audits for risk and capabilities

• Determine and assign capable supplier(s) to items

• Specifications/document/product compliance and alignment

• Ensure there is a specifications matrix

• Align product verification/test between supplier and the internal factory

• As it relates to manufacturing and test, make sure that design to cost is met

• Ensure product compliance to specification by ensuring relevant verification has occurred (life testing, qualification acceptance)

• Look for and analyze trends for issues

• Analyze SINs (Supplier Initiated Non Conformances) & NCRs (Non Conformances) to ensure that trends are identified and resolved

• Ensure link to the shop floor, supply chain, CSG (Customer Service Group) and EFFA (Early Field Failure Analysis)

• Drive (RCCA) Root Cause Corrective Actions from technical SCARs (supplier Corrective Action Review) and NCRs

• Report trends at applicable reviews

• Create project plans to close out issues

• Own and perform or guide FAI (First Article Inspection) and part inspections at source and at incoming

• Participate in the Quality Alert & containment process

• Responsible for defining material handling requirements from the supply chain to storage at Wescam

• Actively participate in all technical reviews, internal and external

• Ensure specification compliance, manufacturability, testability, and cost

• Perform supplier assessments at the source

• Ensure the suppliers build & test processes are robust and repeatable with no variability

• Ensure that the product can be produced in the most economic, efficient and effective way

• Utilize techniques such as PFMEA

• Continuous improvement mindset

  Required Capabilities

• Strong statistical analysis skills and ability to analyze supplier or vendor data along with internal metrics.

• Highly technical mindset and thorough knowledge of technical elements of manufacturing and engineering with the ability to identify process variability, as well as making informed judgement and recommendation within the supply chain.

• Quality assurance skills with the ability to inspect product and manufacturing environments to identify potential issues.

• Ability to lead the creation, execution and reporting of projects to improve supplier quality, acting as a liaison between the company and the supply chain.

• Excellent technical communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Dynamic, resourceful and known for sense of initiative (leadership, innovative, problem solver)

  Desired Education and Experiences

• University degree in Engineering Physics, or alternate Engineering discipline combined with supporting design/manufacturing of electronic assemblies.

• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in a Supplier Quality Engineering capacity

• Extensive experience supporting Electronics Manufacturing of Surface-Mount Technologies, Through-Hole Technologies and Wire harness Assemblies to relevant IPC standards, OR proven ability to rapidly acquire a high level of competence in new technical areas.

• Lead 8D root cause, project or quality improvement plans, APQP, PPAP

• Green Belt Certification or equivalent industry lean experience an asset, but not required

• ASQ CQE or CSQP an asset

• P.Eng. designation an asset, but not required

• ASME Y14.5 – 2009 (or newer) knowledge and practice

• ISO/AS9100D (or newer) knowledge and practice an asset, but not required

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